Car-window cleaner.



J. WIRUBBN.

GAR WINDOW CLEANER. APPUCATION FILED JAN 24 1912.

LGSLQGQ Ptnted 1360.9, 1913.

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p3. W. RUBEN.

CAR WINDOW CLEANER.

APPLGATION FILED JAN. 24, 1912.

- LQSLG, Patented $613.9, i913.

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] v1 vente@ JOHN WQLDLEMR RUBEN', QF BQRTLND, GEEGQN! CBA'WINDOW CLEAN E331.

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ers; and l do hereby declare the followingto be a full, clear, and exa-ot description of the invention, such as Will enable others lo skilled in the art to which it appertains to -make and use thesaine. a l' l e This invention relates to =ivindoiv clean ers and more especially to a device adapted for use in connection With railway oars and thelike for readily cleaning Water, snow or dust from thefwindovv pane Without. the

necessity of the motorman getting out ofthe oar. An

y ther object of the invention is to: proii 2o vide an improved .Window cleaning. device f which is adapted to be secured to the outside front Wall ot the ear in a stationary' position A and adapted for. cleaning the Window pane by'moving the Window vertically.

With the above and other objects .invier the invention'eonsists of certa-in eombina--` tions and arrangements of parts,.as Willbe..

fully i described and 'hereinafter more claimed,Y it being .it-still further object of the invention to provide a device which will not be likely to get out of Working order.

In the drawings :-E`igure l is a front l elevation of a fragmentary portion of a oar and more especially the front Wall thereof -W`ith my improved Window cleaner secured thereto and with the Window in a'clo-sed position. Fig. 2is.a vertical sectional View of the devie taken on thev line 2 2 of F ig.

l. Fig. 3 isv a view similar to Fig. l but- ,showing the Window lowered for ypurposesv of cleaning the same as the Window descends. cleaner enlarged. F ig. 5 lis a cross sectional viev'v on the line 5--5of Fig.` l. i

Referring to the drawings in detail, there is shown a front Wall 10 of a car body between the usual center window f-rame ll offivhieh a Window 12 is vertically slidable, the same carrying a pane 8 although said Window frame may' be of any 'suitable forinproviding that it is movable' vertically. The Window frame 12 and pane carried thereby are adapted tobe loWered'in 'order to open the Window, this structure 'being used for pur- Specification of Letters Patent.`

Fig. 4' Ais .a side elevation of the i -rateateiineaaiaia Application iled January 24, 1191.2'. SeralNe. 3753,15.y

poses ot' illustration, in which positionfthe said parts will .lie adjacent v,the lower front Wall of the car body-and iniorder-to thorn ou-ghly clean the-same of Water, snow or dust which may have -collectedupon the pane', I provide my improved device. j

' As shown inthe drawings, my improved cleaner'coniprises a pair ofbars onbrackets lat` which are secured verticallyon-thelou side Wall of. the car beneath the Window and in spaced parallel relation, each of said bars j'being provided With upperand loWert-ransv verse slots l5 therethrough and with :an enlarged intermediate slot 16.* AA' second or inside vbar 17 is disposed in Contact with the inner face of' each et' the bars. 14 and rotatably receives .the end portions of an upper shaft 18 carrying a brush rollerf19 to rotate therewith' While theextreme ends of said shaft extend through the upper slots ',15 and are adapted for' transverse inovementfthere# in.' A lower shaft 20 has its endv poi-tions similarly mounted iny the lower slot also'joiirnal'ed in 'theinsidebars 17, 'thesaid Shaft 2.0 Carrying a roller21 provided 'ivi-th a sponge .covering or the like vorzthorougli-liv absorbing the matter scraped from the pane tles of which are comparatively coarse.

Connecting the inside bars l? centrally of their-lengths isl a cross har 22 disposed with one 4let face toward the front. ,of the; car and having 'a 'leaf spring 23 secured centrally of itsinside face and with its 'end portions 24 extending in an angular direc?" tion to Contact with the front/Wall ofithe car to force the-cross bar 22 away'from' the front nwall of the car and 'thereby hold the brush 'roller 19 and the sponge roller 21 in or loosened by the'brush roller 1.9, the br'ispositive contact With the Window" pane -for thoroughly cleansing'the saine.v The end portions of the cross bar 22 are horizontally movable in transverse slots 16 in the Aoutside bars l-'l' so as to compensate for Wear and insure prop-er Contact of the rollers with the pane. A gear wheel 25 is 4secured to one extremity of the shaft 18 and is adapted to mesh with a larger gear wheel 26 carried by the corresponding end of the shaftV 2O, said latter gear being approxi,- niately twice the diameter of the first named tion to the brush roller.4 In order to rotate said rollers, the lower shaft 20 carries at one ioo '105 gear to impart increased veloci-ty' of rotavend e. .spool or'drum 9,7 :wound which ay ible eoid or cble .28 is Wound end eng' g'd around a pulley 29 edneent the upper ends of the bers and connected to the adjacent lowerooineli' of the Window freine :is shown,

"Seid flexible cable oi connection beine of e )'lengtlit equal to the height of the Window plus :the distance ioin the lower tiollei or spoel ,to the'point oi attachment of thev cable to the Window. A. spool or drum 30 Secured te tlie opposite end of the shaft difnin 30 Wlie f2() relative to the spool 2". and between the n j ends o1 the 'feller 2l. and the inside ber 17 es sliowm seid spool 30 having a flexible cable or connection 3l secured thereto and passed Mound e 'policy 32 seemed to the :tient Well the eef diete-beneath and then extended upwardly end Connected to the lower well the Windev frame opposite to the point of eonnection of the cable 28, said cable 31 n( ng of t leinffth equal to twice the height of the window plus the distance between the f Spool 3Q and lie point of attachment thereof move@ upweot rection7 tti-g me rolleyes, seid rollers being adapted for transverse movement toward and away from a Window to-be cleaned and Ineens carried by' the roller supports for resiliently holding the rollers in Contact with the Window.

2 ln a cleaner for slidable Windows, spaced vertical supports adapted for connettion to e wall and having-tiensveijse slots therethrough, upper; and loWeirollers having their end portions engaged in said slots, cleaning elements upon the seid rollers, inside supports intimately adjacent the aforementioned vertical supports, e brace between the said insidesupports, a spring member carried by said brace and adapted to Contact with said Wall When the deviceis in position, an operative connection between the iollers, and oppo-Sitely Wound. cables upon the end portions of the lower roller adapted for connection to a Window freine, whereby shifting of the 'frame Will cause said rollers to be driven in opposite directions. A

ln testimony whereof? I aiiX my elgnature,' in presence of tWo Witnesses.

Joint Wol-,Denen RUBEN;

Witnesses AUGUST WEHTOL, C. R. N1oHoLsoN 

